To Susan, and all you others out there who have doctors doing frenotomies,
especially in hospital-- could you persuade them to write an editorial, an
article, do a study, ANYTHING, and submit it to one of their journals? I
would love for the rest of the nation's docs to see that there are reputable
MDs out there who actually cut frenula for the sake of breastfeeding, and
moreover, that it actually *works*.

I just had my first referral from a doctor in another town, and to my dismay
this baby was quite tongue-tied (mom's supply shot at 6 weeks). I faxed my
report and had mom talk to him, and he said that he would never do it, the
baby might swallow his tongue! Gosh, what does he think the procedure
involves?

Mom was very fortunate to get a referral (Medi-Cal) to the one ped in my
town who does frenotomies, and she reported that baby immediately latched
and exhibited long draws such as he had not regularly done before. Yea!  Of
course I'll have her go back and rave about the difference to her ped, but
in the meantime, I wonder if I'll ever get another referral from him.

Oh PLEASE, we need MDs to write up their experiences and submit them for
others to consider.

Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC
Santa Maria, CA